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Elisah Childress 1886 - 1972

Elisah Childress of Buchanan, Botetourt County, Virginia was born on July 1, 1886, and died at age 85 years old in March 1972.
Elisah Childress
Buchanan, Botetourt County, Virginia 24066
July 1, 1886
March 1972
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    1886

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    July 1, 1886
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  • 03/dd
    1972

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    March 1972
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    Elisah Childress lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1886, in the year that Elisah Childress was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1897, when this person was only 11 years old, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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